REPAIR OF CONGENITAL PULMONARY INCOMPETENCE BY BICUSPIDIZATION OF THEPULMONARY VALVE

Authors
KADRI MA LAZZARA RR MCLELLAN BA STARR A
Citation
Ma. Kadri et al., REPAIR OF CONGENITAL PULMONARY INCOMPETENCE BY BICUSPIDIZATION OF THEPULMONARY VALVE, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 63(5), 1997, pp. 1482-1483
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
63
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1482 - 1483
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)63:5<1482:ROCPIB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report the successful repair of pulmonary incompetence in an adult due to the congenital. absence of the posterior leaflet of the pulmona ry valve. The repair consisted of bicuspidization of the pulmonary val ve, which achieved competence and eliminated the symptoms and echocard iographic manifestations of right ventricular overload while preservin g the native valve, (C) 1997 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.